LEXINGTON, Ky. — Not far from the shining monument to legendary basketball coach Adolph Rupp in the Lexington Cemetery is the final resting place of a less remembered but still noteworthy figure in UK sports history.
A simple headstone reaching just a few inches above ground level marks the grave of Price McLean. His place in UK athletics lore is not evident by only the dates of his life accompanying his name on the stone: Jan. 13, 1901 to Oct. 7, 1923.
Oct. 7, 1923, was the day after an otherwise forgettable 14-0 Kentucky football win at Cincinnati. Shortly before halftime McLean, the center for the Wildcats, was kicked in the head, suffering what was thought to be only a minor injury at the time. A day later, he was dead.
